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When the young, insignificant scion of an unremarkable German principality first came to England to serve as consort to the youthful Queen Victoria, no one could have guessed that he would grow to become one of Britain's great--if uncrowned--kings. Albert's life could not have been an easy one; a man of great intelligence, pride, and ambition, he was forced to move behind the scenes, playing major roles in running the Crimean War and working to keep Britain out of the Civil War being waged in the United States. He was interested in industry and technology, and worked to stage the Crystal Palace exhibition--the first World's Fair. Yet, while his wife adored him, his adopted people scorned him for his German accent, his foreign ways, and his covert activities as a surrogate ruler.

Biographer Stanley Weintraub has penned acclaimed biographies on such renowned figures as Benjamin Disraeli and Queen Victoria, and in Uncrowned King he turns his attention to Prince Albert. Tapping previously unexplored sources, Weintraub chronicles every aspect of Albert's life--from the political to the sexual--in lively, accessible prose, sure to please even the most avid follower of the royal family.

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Weintraub (Shaw's People, LJ 5/15/96) is eminently qualified to write this book by virtue of his previous biographies of Victoria (LJ 1/87), Disraeli (LJ 9/1/93), and other important figures of Prince Albert's era. The depth and breadth of his knowledge inform this work throughout. There are no shocking revelations about Victoria's consort here but a well-researched and detailed portrait, which draws on accounts from Americans who met the prince and contemporary magazines and newspapers, including scandal sheets and satirical publications (Punch and others). The wealth of detail makes this more appropriate for the knowledgeable reader, but it is also accessible to the interested neophyte. A worthy addition to any library that does not have a recent biography of Prince Albert and for libraries that collect heavily in this area.?Jean E.S. Storrs, Enoch Pratt Free Lib., Baltimore
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THE DEPARTING PRINCE, if his circumstances were more believable, could have been the hero of a romantic play of 1898, Alt Heidelberg, later a long-running operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Prince Albert, Royal Highness, Buckingham Palace, Prince of Wales, Duke Ernest, Crystal Palace, Serene Highness, Prince Consort, Lord John Russell, Master Mason, United States, Hyde Park, Duchess of Kent, Frederick William, Louis Napoleon, King Leopold, Prince William, Princess Royal, Royal Enterprises, The Palace of Glass, The Student Prince, Duke of Wellington, Managing Destiny, Duty Done, Windsor Castle New!
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